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- www.wired.com The Mystery of the Colorado River’s Missing Water
Snow is falling—but it doesn’t show up to replenish the river. In a drying West, researchers are racing to find out where it goes.
- www.nytimes.com What Is an E-Bike, and How Safe Are They?
Surprisingly tricky questions about an increasingly popular vehicle.
- www.nytimes.com ‘A Dangerous Combination’: Teenagers’ Accidents Expose E-Bike Risks
The e-bike industry is booming, but many vehicles are not legal for teenagers, and accidents are on the rise.
- Taylor Swift-Quake: Fans Cause Seismic Activity at Seattle Concertwww.nytimes.com ‘Swift Quake’: Taylor Swift Fans Shake Ground During Seattle Concert
Seismometers can pick up many types of ground vibrations but this drew comparisons to the “Beast Quake” of 2011, when Seattle football fans roared in celebration of a last-minute Seahawks touchdown.
- www.nytimes.com When connecting with birds connects people
Readers share how organized groups improved their birding skills as well as their personal lives
- www.wired.com When You Drop a Rock Overboard, What Happens to the Water Level?
In the physics of water displacement, the answer isn’t always intuitive.
- www.nytimes.com Aided by A.I. Language Models, Google’s Robots Are Getting Smart
Our sneak peek into Google’s new robotics model, RT-2, which melds artificial intelligence technology with robots.
- www.nytimes.com A Bottleneck on the Grid Threatens Clean Energy. New Rules Aim to Help.
It takes five years to connect a new wind or solar farm to the electric grid. New federal rules would only partly resolve the issue, experts say.
- www.nytimes.com Louise Levy, Who Was Studied for Her Very Long Life, Is Dead at 112
She was one of hundreds of people, all of them Ashkenazi Jews, whose good health and cognitive ability at extreme old age were the subject of genetic research.
- www.nytimes.com Titanium Clouds Engulf This Ultrahot Neptune-like Planet
A cosmic mirror of sorts, this planet is the first of its size and location to be discovered with an atmosphere.
- www.nytimes.com A Half-Million Americans May Have Tick-Linked Meat Allergy, C.D.C. Says
Many doctors said that they were unfamiliar with the condition, known as alpha-gal syndrome, the agency found.
- www.nytimes.com Blood of Young Mice Extends Life in the Old
Infusions of youthful blood led older mice to live 6 to 9 percent longer, a new study found.
- www.nytimes.com King Charles Doesn’t Have as Many Swans as He Used to
For hundreds of years, the royal family has laid claim to many of England’s swans. An annual count found a worrisome drop in cygnets along a stretch of the River Thames this year.
- www.wired.com A Patient May Be Free of HIV, Thanks to This Drug
Five people went into viral remission after stem cell transplants from donors with HIV resistance. A sixth patient received normal cells. Is an anti-inflammatory drug behind his recovery, instead?
- www.wired.com Heat Waves Aren’t Just Getting Hotter—They’re Sticker Too
This summer's extraordinary heat is but a preview of what's to come: Humidity not only makes daytime highs more miserable, it extends the hotness through the night.
- www.nytimes.com The U.S. Government Wants Your Dead Butterflies
Residents of six states have been asked to send dead butterflies, moths and other Lepidoptera to help scientists study population declines.
- NASA Picks Lockheed Martin to Build a Nuclear-Powered Rocketwww.nytimes.com NASA Seeks a Nuclear-Powered Rocket to Get to Mars in Half the Time
The space agency and DARPA will work with Lockheed Martin to build a vehicle that uses the power of the atom for space propulsion.
- Lawmakers and Ex-Officials Press for Answers on U.F.O.s in Hearingwww.nytimes.com Lawmakers and Former Officials Press for Answers on U.F.O.s
Pentagon officials have said most reported incidents involved items like airborne trash, weather balloons and drones.
- www.nytimes.com A Pancaked Turtle Fossil’s 150-Million-Year-Old Tale
A beautifully preserved shelled reptile recovered from a Bavarian limestone deposit helps tell the story of how turtles first took to the seas.
- Looming Retraction Casts Shadow Over Ranga Dias and Study of Superconductorswww.nytimes.com A Looming Retraction Casts a Shadow Over a Field of Physics
Misconduct allegations are leading scientists to question the work of Ranga Dias, including his claimed discovery of a room-temperature superconductor.
- www.nytimes.com Flipping a Switch and Making Cancers Self-Destruct
Researchers at Stanford devised a strange new molecule that could lead to drugs that arm genes and make cancers work against themselves.
- For healthy older people, aspirin could cause more bleeding.www.nytimes.com For Adults With No Heart Attack or Stroke History, More Evidence Not to Start Aspirin
A new analysis of older people who have never had a heart attack or stroke suggests limited protective power of daily low-dose aspirin, and worrisome side effects.
- www.nytimes.com Wastewater Data Mirrored Covid Case Counts During First Omicron Wave
As Covid testing increasingly moved to the home, the wastewater data fell out of sync with case and hospitalization rates, a new study found.
- www.nytimes.com When Ancient Eruptions Pumped Diamonds to Earth’s Surface
A new study offers clues to the mysteries of kimberlite eruptions, the source of most of the diamonds mined on Earth today.
- www.wired.com The Viruses That Could Cure Cancer (or Wipe Out Humanity)
Microbiologist Andrew Hessel believes in the power of synthetic biology to cure cancer, clone ourselves for the future—or to even destroy humanity.
- www.nytimes.com The Covid Origins Debate
The picture has changed as more evidence emerges, but we might never get a clear answer.
- Book Review: ‘In the Blood,’ by Charles Barberwww.nytimes.com A Fight to Save Soldiers, From the Lab to the Battlefield
“In the Blood” traces how an engineer and a salesman took on military leaders and Big Pharma to get a revolutionary clotting agent to those in dire need.
- www.nytimes.com A 23-Month Pregnancy? Scientists See Hints in Bowhead Whales.
Confirming the finding would give the species the longest period of gestation known in mammals, although more research is needed.
- July Heat Waves ‘Virtually Impossible’ Without Climate Change, Study Findswww.nytimes.com Some July Heat: ‘Virtually Impossible’ Without Climate Change, Analysis Finds
The latest study from World Weather Attribution scientists predicts that extreme heat waves will return more frequently.
- Ocean Currents in the Atlantic Could Slow by Century’s End, Research Showswww.nytimes.com Warming Could Push the Atlantic Past a ‘Tipping Point’ This Century
The system of ocean currents that regulates the climate for a swath of the planet could collapse sooner than expected, a new analysis found.
- www.wired.com Coming Soon Near You: Bears
Extreme heat and other weather events are driving bears closer to humans’ campgrounds and hiking trails—and that’s no good for either species.
- www.nytimes.com Could the Next Pandemic Start at the County Fair?
Since 2011, there have been more human swine flu cases reported in the United States than anywhere else in the world. Most have occurred at farm-animal showcases.
- July Heat Waves Affected by Climate Change, Attribution Study Findswww.nytimes.com Some July Heat: ‘Virtually Impossible’ Without Climate Change, Analysis Finds
The latest study from World Weather Attribution scientists predicts that extreme heat waves will return more frequently.
- www.nytimes.com Avi Loeb’s Deep Dive for Alien Life Is Making Other Scientists Gasp
The Harvard astrophysicist says that material recovered from the seafloor could be from an extraterrestrial spacecraft. His peers aren’t shy about their skepticism.
- www.wired.com Beauty Is in the Eye of the Beholder—but Memorability May Be Universal
When humans and a neural network viewed pieces of art, they all found the same images memorable. What those images have in common offers a glimpse into what fascinates the brain.
- ‘Embryo Models’ Challenge the Legal, Ethical, and Biological Concepts of an 'Embryo'www.wired.com ‘Embryo Models’ Challenge the Legal, Ethical, and Biological Concepts of an ‘Embryo’
With constructs built entirely from stem cells, researchers can revolutionize scientific understanding of human development. But how close is too close?
- www.nytimes.com A Number That Should Guide Your Health Choices (It’s Not Your Age)
Life expectancy increasingly figures into calculations about whether screenings and treatments are appropriate. Here’s how to find out yours.
- www.wired.com Wild Donkeys Are on the Vanguard of Ukraine’s Ecological Recovery
Maybe one tweak: Ecologists in Ukraine are reintroducing kulans and other species to the steppes to help recover the war-ravaged ecoystem. It’s worked before—at Chernobyl.
- 3 Dead After Listeria Outbreak in Washington Statewww.nytimes.com 3 Dead in Listeria Outbreak in Washington State
Health officials said five cases of listeriosis in Puget Sound were probably caused by the same unidentified food source. All of those infected were older than 60.